Indians Rally to Sixand Lead AL as Minoso, Colavito Blaze
The Cleveland Indians won their sixth straight by routing the Boston Red Sox 5 1 behind Gary Bell's three hits and homers from Jim Baxes Woody Held and Minnie Minoso. Colavito led the surge with six homers in the streak while Minoso added four as Cleveland neared the AL lead. The Tigers closed within 1 1/2 games after a 6 4 win at Baltimore. In the NL Los Angeles beat Milwaukee 4 0 to cut the Braves lead to one game.
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SIU Swimmers Open Bid At Peach Meet In Georgia
Southern Illinois University racers Norbert Rumpel and Walt Rodgers head to LaGrange for the Peach Meet aiming for American breaststroke marks and broad events in a long course pool. Rumpel plus Rodgers bring multi event credits, with national AAU targets and college records at stake.
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Pro Cagers Stage Hawks Clinic in Marion Thursday
The St. Louis Hawks NBA champions travel to Marion Illinois for a free basketball clinic at Longfellow School June 18 2 p m to 3 30 p m. Co sponsored by Adams Dairy the event features Clyde Lovellette Cliff Hagen Jack McMahon and Charley Share with autographs and a Q A session.
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Bert Hall Wins Elks Blind Bogey at Carbondale Park
Bert Peaches Hall captured the blind bogey golf title at the Carbondale Elks picnic held at Jackson Country Club. Jim Cherry Roy Gibson Gene Kettling and Fred Bobbitt rounded out the top finishers with Louie Bahr posting 76 for 18 holes and Eula Barrett 44 for the ladies low gross.
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Jonesboro tops Murphysboro in Khoury League youth game
Jonesboro defeated Murphysboro 5-2 in a Juvenile Division Khoury League contest at River Side Park Murphysboro. Atom 1 beat Atom 3 4-3 and Bantam 1 edged Bantam 3 5-4 with late bursts.
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Hemus Quits Playing Manager Role with Cardinals
St Louis June 16 AP The Cardinals announced Solly Hemus, the team playing manager, has retired from playing duties and will be inactive. The 35 year old veteran cited lack of time to stay in shape and to keep his batting eye sharp as the reason for stepping away from daily play. Hemus began with St Louis in 1949 and had a .304 season in 1954. He earned the Mighty Mouse nickname for hustle and clutch hitting, while manager Bing Devine noted discussions of retirement had been ongoing since the season began.
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Law Officers Top Shooters at Menard Range Meet
Law officers led by Menard Prison guards and District 13 State Troopers swept wins at a pistol and rifle shoot held at Menard range Saturday. Sponsored by the Shawnee Chapter of the Illinois Police Assn the event recognized top marksmen across expert, sharpshooter and center fire classes with multiple named winners including Thames G Hill and Sgt Herbert Brantley.
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Cape Girardeau Golf Meet At Two Courses
The Cape Girardeau Invitational will be held June 27-28 featuring 36 holes of medal play across two courses the Cape Girardeau Country Club and Jaycee Municipal. Five classes compete for over $1600 in prizes with top five in each class and a special D class for high handicaps. Entry is $5 and mailed to Glen Obermiller. starting times mailed after payment.
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Gorham Beats Herrin in High-Scoring City Ball Game
Gorham Teenage Coal Belt team defeated Herrin Eagles 9-6 Sunday at Gorham. Herrin led 2-0 early, Gorham answered 4-2, and after a back and forth, Gorham pulled away with runs in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings to seal the win.
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No late trades as deadline passes in big league baseball
The last minute trading deadline passed with no deals. Retirement announcements by Sally Hemus and Carl Erskine mark overnight news. Past trades show big names changing teams,while pennant races influence activity. Mike Belbas leaves West Frankfort school board after 12 years. he did not seek re election.
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Coleman set to Olympic travel and teaching career
Jesse Owens notes Phil Coleman of the University of Chicago Track Club sacrifices pay off with future Olympic competition and world-wide meets shaping his teaching career. Coleman finished second to Dean Jones of Iowa in the steeple chase at the Compton Relays last Friday. Illinois Normal plans two cheerleader sessions this June 14 19 and June 21 26.
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